Linux

One of my issues at the moment is cross managing different workstreams particularly with personal projects which are more in the "if I have time category".

Literally what I use virtual desktops to solve

emacs org-mode

I use a variety of FOSS tools for both personal and work productivity.

For personal I use:

• Nextcloud (Calendar, sync files, contacts etc, forms, availability sharing)
• Thunderbird (Mail & Calendar)
• Vikunja for managing all my projects/tasks. Also is very useful to have shared tasks with relatives. Another useful feature is that it can share specifics projects to people that do not have an account (for vacancy planning for example)
• Tasks.org to manage Vikunja tasks in Android
• Logseq for managing all my thoughts, ideas, tracking content like books, movies, videos watched
• Nomie (specifically this maintained instance which has some new features). I use it to track myself (mood, anxiety, adhd, symptoms, food and drug consumption, people). It has an API so I for example can automatically insert activities from Garmin API. It is very useful to correlate things in life, or to tell the doctor if a specific symptom has flared up or not and many more things
• Omnivore is my read-later off choice app, replacing Wallabag. It has an EXTREMELY polished interface, can aggregate RSS feeds, supports tags, comments, many filters and more. But the amazing thing is that it has a plugin for Logseq which automatically syncs all my highlights, notes and tags to it
• Ferdium to quickly access all my important services
• Syncthing on my phone, laptops and Kobo to sync Logseq between devices and books/articles from my PC to Kobo
• Liftosaur for exercise routines (it has script language even) and can also track body measurements.
• waistline as a substitute for myfitnesspal or cronometer

For work use:

• Logseq is my main tool, with the capability of connecting to Zotero, reading papers and taking notes which with queries I can leverage it to see new ideas forming. It also acts as the best logbook I've ever used through its powerful templates and queries which simplifies a lot the work of comparing results since it can all be done automatically
• Zotero to manage all my papers
• neovim with vimtex, ltex-ls and ultisnips to write documents in LaTeX very fast. Also have some scripts to manage vector graphics very easily using https://github.com/gillescastel/inkscape-figures
• Inkscape for doing all the images for my papers since I plot my graphs in SVG. This way I can edit graphs after ploting and never lose quality
• Ranger file manager
• Espanso

Update 1: Fixed Nomie link Update 2: added waistline and liftosaur since I had forgotten Update 3: added Inkscape

As a programmer most of my utilities are CLI oriented.

zsh
fzf (integrated into zsh, improves reverse search, killing processes and more)
zoxide - for quicker navigation into folders I visit often
Other programs I use from time to time: jq, btop, bat.

Flameshot - best screenshotting tool for linux (and also windows)
Redshift/Gammashift - blue light filter
ddccontrol - controlling monitor brightness and contrast without having to fiddle with buttons

Last but not least my Awesome WM (tiling) config - makes working with multiple windows/desktops so easy.

selfhosted searchengine . i see zero reason not to.

Many have already mentioned Obsidian, I too ventured to it from Joplin and couldn't be happier.

Other (FOSS) tools I use for productivity... GUI tools:

• nocodb - a web-based database which can be accessed over API too
• I'm keeping an eye on vikunja.io, hope to have it mature and implement more features regarding project management
• paperless-ngx, make order of your paper-mess.

CLI tools:

• Fish - a very nice and modern shell
• chezmoi - a really nice dotfile manager
• lsd instead of ls, dust instead of du, zoxide instead of cd
• kopia - awesome backup tool. How backup is related to productivity? Disaster recovery ;-)

Try out a tiling wm (i use i3/sway) they are much easier to focus in than a regular de

Zettlr for technical writing into any format.

Obsidian for a second brain based on the molecular notes method. And yes, I've tried all of the FOSS alternatives. None are ready to replace Obsidian yet.

Wallabag for saving resources offline for easy and permanent reference.

Lunarvim for actually sitting down to work instead of fiddling with and optimizing my setup.

OBSIDIAN!

I have found Kate to be very capable with python and rust. With Sessions I can also have my own set of notes in markdown. The plugins are plentiful and git integration is built in.

My biggest productivity booster is tmux. I constantly ssh into my pc to continue my work. I even restart my window manager sometimes if I wanna play games or something, but tmux is always there in the background. And being able to get up, go to my living room, open my laptop and continue the work I was doing on my pc has definitely saved me from a few mental blocks.

For keeping track of tasks on my projects i use todo txt. For each of my projects will drop a file named todo.txt in the root. each line is a task, and i order them based on priority. I can walk away from it and when i start working on the project again, i have an simple way to see the list of tasks i have laid out for this project.

http://todotxt.org/

I personally find it less useful to see the "big picture" of all tasks, and this lets me focus on the details of my projects without forcing a bunch of structure.

Zotero and logseq

I use emacs, Denote, and markdown-mode to keep a loose Zettlekasten archive of notes.

I use Gnome as my main DE, so I use the Pop shell for automatic window tiling. It's not being actively maintained anymore while Pop works on their new DE, but it still works pretty great. I have my eye on Veshell which is an upcoming DE from the guy who made the Material Shell overhaul for Gnome. It's a significant change to the UX compared to any other DEs I've tried.

My main productivity work is making vector files for a laser cutter, so I use a combination of Inkscape and Lightburn (not FOSS) for that. I also use Openscad and Prusa Slicer for making various repair parts, but that's not usually paying work.

On the terminal side I prefer fish and kakoune. Kakoune's changes to the vim/neovim keybinds are a lot more intuitive and easier to learn imo, but come with the obvious downside of learning something less universally useful than the vim keybinds.

I make use of flowtime, which is an timer app similar to pomodoro but with a smarter system for scheduling breaks. Instead of having a set time to go on break you can go on break anytime, and the app calculates a good break time. It also shows your working statistics, which is quite cool to see.

joplin has allowed me to be a lot more flexible with managing and viewing my sheet music.

i converted my notes pretty easily and now i have access to them on all my devices.

Neovim and markdown

I ended up using spreadsheets for keeping track of todos and habits. LibreOffice Calc is the obvious solution for FOSS, though I am using Googles Spreadsheet for cloud syncing and the Android/iPhone apps. If I get trouble with Google I will just copy and paste to LibreOffice and I am good.

For notes, IMHO nothing beats a good directory structure/layout and markdown. (Sorry, org-mode guys. :-P )

Nextcloud, FreshRSS and KdeConnect come to mind.

@zerakith thunderbird and obsdian I know it's not foss but it's really good. As well as vs codium

Anyone here have any experience with Anytype?